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Title: The Crystal Chemistry of Ca10–y(SiO4)3(SO4)3Cl2–x–2yFx Ellestadite
Authors: Fang, Yanan
Ritter, Clemens
White, Timothy John
Keywords: Apatite
Ellestadite
Issue Date: 2011
Source: Fang, Y., Ritter, C., & White, T. (2011). The Crystal Chemistry of Ca10–y(SiO4)3(SO4)3Cl2–x–2yFx Ellestadite. Inorganic Chemistry, 50(24), 12641-12650.
Series/Report no.: Inorganic Chemistry
Abstract: Fluor-chlorellestadite solid solutions Ca10(SiO4)3(SO4)3Cl2–xFx, serving as prototype crystalline matrices for the fixation of hazardous fly ash, were synthesized and characterized by powder X-ray and neutron diffraction (PXRD and PND), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The lattice parameters of the ellestadites vary linearly with composition and show the expected shrinkage of unit cell volume as fluorine (IR = 1.33 Å) displaces chlorine (IR = 1.81 Å). FTIR spectra indicate little or no OH– in the solid solutions. All compositions conform to P63/m symmetry where F– is located at the 2a (0, 0, 1/4) position, while Cl– is displaced out of the 6h Ca(2) triangle plane and occupies 4e (0, 0, z) split positions with z ranging from 0.336(3) to 0.4315(3). Si/S randomly occupy the 6h tetrahedral site. Ellestadites rich in Cl (x ≤ 1.2) show an overall deficiency in halogens (<2 atom per formula unit), particularly Cl as a result of CaCl2 volatilization, with charge balance achieved by the creation of Ca vacancies (Ca2+ + 2Cl– →□Ca + 2□Cl) leading to the formula Ca10–y(SiO4)3(SO4)3Cl2–x–2yFx. For F-rich compositions the vacancies are found at Ca(2), while for Cl-rich ellestadites, vacancies are at Ca(1). It is likely the loss of CaCl2 which leads tunnel anion vacancies promotes intertunnel positional disorder, preventing the formation of a P21/b monoclinic dimorph, analogous to that reported for Ca10(PO4)6Cl2. Trends in structure with composition were analyzed using crystal-chemical parameters, whose systematic variations served to validate the quality of the Rietveld refinements.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85580
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43748
ISSN: 0020-1669
DOI: 10.1021/ic201673r
Schools: School of Materials Science & Engineering 
Rights: © 2011 American Chemical Society. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Inorganic Chemistry, American Chemical Society. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic201673r].
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